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Professor Knopphauser’s Chilli Sauce Labels

Labels for Justin Knopp's (Typoretum) home-made chilli sauces. Ever since I know Justin, I am a huge admirer of his typographic laboratory and chilli garden. So when he asked me to design the labels of his annual chilli sauces I thought, this will be the perfect opportunity to draw limitless details, hidden puzzles and wicked characters, which will perfectly fit Professor Knopphauser's laboratory!

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The label is depicting the making of the chilli sauces, on which occasion, skeletons and devilish creatures are gathered in the dungeons of Typoretum. In the background of this diabolic kitchen, there are objects, posters and instruments, which are related to Justin in a way or another. Sadly, this illustration, however true it may seem is not an accurate interpretation of the cooking process, so put down the torches and pitchforks guys!

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For the finished illustration Justin has chosen colours to match the sauces perfectly, then he letterpress printed them on his Gietz Hand Feeder. The label cropped size is 145×85mm.

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This is the new print made from my original complete redrawing of the back of a dollar bill. Instead of “IN GOD WE TRUST” I changed the text to “IN LOVE WE ARE ALL ONE” (I also reworked the text to say “UNITED STATES OF AMOUR”).

Love, (unlike money) is something that unites us and makes us one. It’s more valuable than the greatest riches, but is democratic and egalitarian as a single dollar bill.

We are going through difficult times. But now more than ever it’s worth remembering that our dreams are still worth believing in, and it’s still possible to take what is flawed and divisive - and adapt it to something that is based on love and unity.

This A3 print was letterpressed by the fine art crafts printers Typoretum in a single special pantone green ink on high quality A3 450gsm cotton card.

If you like it, it’s available from my Etsy store. Just click on the link or search under piecesofgreatdesign

A Fabetűk Bőségszaruja Nyers fordításban ez a Typoretum készülő fabetű mintakönyvének a címe. A könyv bemutatásához elindítottak egy blogot is, ahol oldalról oldalra lehet követni a készítés körüli fejleményeket. Szerepelünk Rebekával mi is, de rajtunk kívül azért még van az oldalon pár érdekes dolog. Látható a fabetű gyűjteményük, és a muzeális XIX. századi nyomdagépükről is van egy rövid leírás.

Cornucopia of Wooden Types

The day before we finished our amazing internship in Typoretum.

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Thank you to Typoretum letterpress studio in Coggeshall and Bainbridge screenprinting studio in London for allowing me to use their fantastic fascilities.

Using Letterpress and Screenprint techniques, this print explores the notion of how each of us are vessels for inforamtion that vaires between ages, sexes and species. How we understand and read the world around us is unique to our own personal embodiment of experiances. This print acts as a contradiction in its seld and defeats the laws of how we absorb information for the first time. Remember, nothing is ever as it appears.

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